Nationals Cross Country in Charlottesville Sold Out

I should also let yall know that this may be the last time for a while that an American actually wins the women's race--judging by the influx of Africans coming in and doing very well.

Need one ticket for Saturday NCAA cross country meet. contact.

I have been to three races there, including this year's Virginia Invitational where parking on premises was permitted. The course is excellent, and is a former farm that a wealthy owner ps it to be used for XC races, including high school races.

I love two hours away and the drive down 29 paralleling the Blue Ridge is beautiful. For those traveling north on the way home stop in Madison 15 miles from Charlottesville at Yoder's Market - a great store in rural Virginia. In any event, I am not going this time because of the bus arrangement. The course can only be reached via very narrow road in a semi rural residential area with large properties, about a mile long, with a somewhat rickety one lane bridge at the entrance to the property. I thought UVa would fix that bridge for the meet but not so. Two buses going opposite directions will not fit on the road. Parking is on 29 at the Fashion Square Mall which is not that big, and I don't see it having much parking capability. My daughter when in grad school there used to go to Richmond with her friends to shop because the Mall in Charlottesville is so small. If parking is full, I would likely drive 3 miles north to the WalMart parking lot and Uber it back to the mall and buses. But all in all too much of a pain. If staying in a local hotel, I would likely Uber there as well. Make no mistake, it is a very good course which has better footing than it initially appears, and if the weather is Ok, times will be quick. Too bad there is no on site parking. The grounds are near the airport on Earlysville, and ypu can avoid the traffic on the city.

How many people typically show up the Nationals? Cross country is mainly grass, there should be plenty of room for thousands to attend. Poorly managed is all it is.

If it sold out with only 200 tickets that is not good. The venue should be able to handle more.

Most venues for the NY State cross-country championships have shuttle buses. Vernon Verona Sherill this year didn't need them, but most do.

Exactly! Imagine showing up on the day of the NCAA College Football Playoff or Final Four and expecting tickets to still be available. LOL! Plan ahead or miss out!

I love it. Only running caps a national championship with unlimited space at 5k. That explains a lot. Have it at a real course.

How many of the 5000 are teams and support versus actual ticketholders?

Huh? Cross country has 1% of the fan base of football and now we are trying to eliminate even more of them. Your apology is incorrect. Football hoods it's championship in the largest venue possible. They don't hold it at a stadium that holds 5000. They use one that holds 70,000. If there was a stadium that holds 250,000, they wouldn't use a stadium that holds 70,000. We have many courses that could accommodate all spectators. And telling people to get tickets early doesn't change the maximum, it just changes which people get to attend and which others are disappointed.

I'm seeing temperatures only go down to 50 degrees Friday night/Saturday morning in Charlottesville. Looks like this could be the move as long as they don't have the entrance to the main road blocked off.

There are college football stadiums that hold over 100,000 that are not selected.

I see we each got two down votes- must be two people who complained. LOLOLOLOL

How in the world do you sell out an 850-acre outdoor facility? There can't be enough fans in the entire country to sell out that, if each of them showed up.

They should start bussing earlier. Tickets should be sold for specific bussing times.